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Drink Local Wine Week: Texas Tempranillo
In her Financial Times column and on her website this week, Jancis Robinson describes how Tempranillo has in the last 25 years or so become the third-most planted grape in the world, in terms of acreage, after Cabernet Sauvignon and … Continue reading
50 States of Wine – Le Metro Underground Goes Cross Country
Earlier this year, after I wrote about the difficulty of finding the so-called “New California” wines, I was introduced to Aaron Epstein, a San Diego-based entrepreneur and new father who operates Le Metro. Wine. Underground, a subscription direct-to-consumer retailer. To use … Continue reading
Posted in Cabernet Franc, California, Colorado, Eastern US, Local Wine, Rants, Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Texas, Virginia, Wine
Tagged Colorado, New York, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wine, Wisconsin
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The Grape American Road Trip
This post is especially for Washington D.C.-area readers. Andrew Stover, known to wine lovers around the region for his advocacy of wines from unexpected places around the country, is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his Vino50 portfolio with “The Grape … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern US, Local Wine, Texas, Uncategorized, Virginia, Washington Post, Washingtonian, Wine
Tagged Wine
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Regional Wine Week Begins
This is Regional Wine Week, October 6-12, the sixth annual celebration of wine made throughout the country, not just on the West Coast. As regular readers of this blog know, Regional Wine Week was started by Jeff Siegel, aka The … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Eastern US, Jancis, Local Wine, Maryland, New York, Regional Wine Week, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized, Virginia, Wine
Tagged Local Wine, Wine
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Wine Country – It’s everywhere!
“Wine country” used to mean Northern California. Then Sideways told us about Santa Barbara County and its pinot noir. Visitors to Portland learned that just an hour’s drive away they could sample some fine pinot in the Willamette Valley as … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Local Wine, Texas, Virginia, Weblogs, Wine
Tagged Colorado Wine, Local Wine, Travel, Wine
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What You Should Know About Regional #Wine
Regional Wine Week is off to a roaring start. My co-conspirator in this effort, Jeff Siegel – aka “The Wine Curmudgeon” – has kicked off the effort with a thought-provoking essay called “7 Things You Need to Know About Regional … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Regional Wine Week, Texas, Weblogs, Wine
Tagged Local Wine, Regional Wine Week, Wine
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Calling All Bloggers: Regional #Wine Week Begins October 9
Calling all wine bloggers for the 4th annual Regional Wine Week – the week to blog about “wine from around here, wherever here happens to be.” Regional Wine Week grew out of DrinkLocalWine.com, the website created by Wine Curmudgeon Jeff … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Eastern US, Local Wine, Texas, Uncategorized, Virginia, Weblogs, Wine, writers
Tagged Local Wine, Wine
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! DLW11 is Coming!
DLW 2011: Missouri will feature some of the top names in Missouri and regional wine as well a live Internet radio broadcast and an expanded version of our trademark Twitter Taste-off on April 2, 2011, at the Doubletree Westport in … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Eastern US, Local Wine, Texas, Virginia, Washington Post, Washingtonian, Web/Tech, Weblogs, Wine, writers
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USA Today on Regional Wine
USA Today, the nation’s newspaper, dropped at hotel room doors across the land every morning, last week endorsed the regional wine movement with a travel feature on 10 “local” wine regions to visit. This is a great idea – if … Continue reading
Posted in Local Wine, Maryland, New York, Regional Wine Week, Riesling, Texas, Travel, Virginia, Web/Tech, Weblogs, Wine, writers
Tagged Local Wine, Travel, Wine
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Momentum for Local Wine …
The “drink local” movement is gaining steam. When my buddy Jeff Siegel, aka The Wine Curmudgeon, received a press release last week touting a dinner with cookbook author Diana Kennedy to be held next month at the Modern Museum of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, California, DrinkLocalWine.com, Eastern US, Local Wine, Maryland, Restaurants, Texas, Virginia, Washingtonian, Weblogs, Wine, writers
Tagged Kliman, Local Wine, Locapour, Locavore, Norton, Siegel, Virginia, Wine
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